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How to prepare for case interviews

Tom Spencer

Case interviews can be a hurdle or stepping stone at the beginning of your consulting career. The interview tests your problem solving ability, communication skills, composure and interpersonal skills. There is no magic number of cases one should do in preparation. Within the interview you need to act like a consultant.

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Launching the Consulting Case Interview Bootcamp – Online

Management Consulted

What started off as an informal blog about management consulting with just a few readers became interview prep sessions, resume edits, videos on YouTube and Vimeo, books and the presentations we give at colleges around the world. The case interview is the great equalizer. And after all that, even with 1.5M The problem?

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Case Interview Practice Tip – Record Yourself and Listen to Your Performance

CaseInterview.com

Recently a CaseInterview.com student sent me this case interview practice suggestion about recording and then analyzing your own performance in a case interview. One of my case practice partners told me about it and we have both (separately) purchased it. Then I listen to my own performance on the case.

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How to Confidently Articulate the Value of What You Do

Consulting Matters

What you do isn't the same as your methodologies or tools. They are not enamored by your personality assessments, your coaching approach or any other your methodologies because they don't hire you for those. They are interested in case studies only to a point. It's not that they are dying for those methodologies.

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Consulting Mental Math

Management Consulting Prep

Consulting Math Consulting Mental Math Up to half of the workload during case interviews, McKinsey PST, and BCG Potential Test is MATH. Saving time in this area directly translates to performance!

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Consulting Case Anatomy – A Simple Breakdown

Management Consulted

As a prospective consultant, one of the things that can seem the most mysterious in the case study prep process is wondering what the interviewer is going to ask you next. Many of you have heard about interviewer-led and interviewee-led case interviews and are wondering how to approach each one appropriately.

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Recruiters You Should Meet to Staff for Success

Harmonious Workplaces

Without this expertise, organizations risk making poor hiring decisions, which can cost thousands of dollars or more in each case. Increased Time and Resource Expenditure: The recruitment process can be time-consuming and resource-intensive, involving advertising, screening, interviewing, and negotiating offers.